Understand the critical importance of organizational finances. Identify and maximize financial opportunities, while avoiding risks. Gain a broader perspective on the global marketplace. Develop best practices in financial reporting, and learn how to make strategic investment decisions that deliver bottom-line value in any organization.

For a career in public accounting, 30 semester hours in accounting are required to sit for the CPA exam in Georgia.

Core Course

MGT 6000 Financial and Managerial Accounting I (3 credit hours)
This is an intensive introductory course in financial and managerial accounting. The financial accounting section gives a detailed understanding of how business transactions are accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and how the results of such transactions are communicated in the form of financial statements to external decision makers. In the managerial accounting section, an introduction is provided to the management activities of planning, control, and decision-making.

Electives

MGT 6010 Business Taxation (3 credit hours)
Overview of federal income tax system. Provides necessary tax background for a variety of accounting, financial, and managerial careers. Helps prepare for qualifying examinations in accounting and finance such as CPA, CMA, CFA, and CFP. Learn to prepare individual and business income tax returns. Learn differences in the measurement of income for financial reporting and income tax reporting.

MGT 6028 Financial Reporting and Analysis of Technology Firms (3 credit hours)
This course focuses on financial reporting and analysis issues facing firms from a broad range of industries whose common bond is research and development of new technology, including the application of technology to new or enhanced products and services. The course is presented in three interrelated parts: examining unique accounting issues for technology firms, analyzing the cash flows of technology firms, and identifying early signs of earnings difficulties for technology firms while establishing an appropriate valuation.

MGT 6030 International Accounting (3 credit hours)
An overview of accounting issues arising from the increased internationalization of business. Topics include comparative financial reporting among countries and accounting treatments of international transactions.

MGT 6042 Auditing and Financial Control Systems (3 credit hours)
Insight into auditing: what it is, why it's important, what it entails, and why users of financial statements should care about it. Topics covered include the demand for audits, management fraud, litigation against public accounting firms, and an overview of the audit process.